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Object ID
2010.001.039
Title
Flooded Nicomekl River at the bridge on Old Yale Road.
Date
Jan. 1959.
Description
Flooded Nicomekl River at the bridge on Old Yale Road. Heavy rain on top of a five inch snowfall created flooding conditions. The Langley Advance, January 29, 1959.
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bridges
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings, 16th ed.
floods and flooding
General subject term - see "flood of 1948" for more specific information on the large 1948 Fraser River flood.
Old Yale Road
In the beginning it was a sleigh route. Serious construction started on it in 1872. The Langley Municipality in 1874 requested and received money from the province to make it suitable for buggy traffic through Langley. It was not in good condition until 1897 - 1898 when it was gravelled. In 1922 the first two mile section of the road was cemented between Langley Prairie and Murrayville. The cement was laid by A. B. Palmer Co, who stamped the date in the pavement at the end of each day.
See From: green timbers road, yale wagon road
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